Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Ex votos in Pompeii – an interview with Monsignor Pietro Caggiano'This week I interviewed Monsignor Pietro Caggiano of the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompeii – home to a significant collection of ex votos which has accumulated since the Sanctuary’s foundation at the end of the nineteenth century. Monsignor Caggiano has written about the theology of ex votos, and he is currently curating an exhibition of ancient and modern votive offerings, to be held in the Pompeii Antiquarium later this Spring (link and details to follow). The interview took place in the Archivio Bartolo Longo on 7th April 2016.'